ESPLOST passes
Less than seven percent of the county’s 12,534 registered voters bothered to go to the polls by the majority of those who did favored renewing the penny sales tax for schools. The unofficial results from Tuesday’s election are 654 votes in favor of the ESPLOST and 203 against. School officials plan to use the money…
Read MoreFinal rites for Christola A. Davis are Tuesday
Services for Christola Allen Davis, 79, are 10:00 AM Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at Clark Funeral Home. The Rev. Robert Crapps will officiate and interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Davis passed away at Grady General Hospital on Saturday, September 12, 2009.
Read MoreFuneral services for Judy H. Gilliard are Wednesday
Active pallbearers will be Bert Ellis, Gene Hickey, Sydney Humphries, Kermit Gilliard, Sr., John Tillis, Zane Owens, Ken Hickey and Randy Hickey. Honorary pallbearers will be the Pairs and Spares Sunday School Class at Pine Level Baptist Church. Mrs. Gilliard died Saturday, September 12, 2009 at her residence. Born October 1, 1953 in Pelham, Georgia,…
Read MoreReferendum turn out is paltry
The voter turn out for the Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (ESPLOST) going into Tuesday’s election has been slim through the close of advanced voting last Friday, according to Grady County elections officials.Registrar Lizzie Garrette reported through the end of early voting last Friday only 429 ballots had been cast. She says 11…
Read MoreSyrupmakers dump biggest rival
The Syrupmakers entered Friday night’s game with the Thomasville Bulldogs looking for their first win of the 2009 season and found it 7-3 to keep the Syrup Pitcher for the seventh year in a row. Cairo fumbled the opening kick off deep in their own territory and gave up a 22 yard field goal, but…
Read MoreGrady is on short list of major new employer
Grady County is on the short list of a major new employer looking for a place to expand its operations, according to Grady County Joint Development Authority Executive Director Brian Marlowe.Although the details of the negotiations are highly confidential, Marlowe says that Grady County is one of only a few locations being considered by the…
Read MoreSyrupmakers travel to Thomasville Friday night
Friday night’s battle for the Syrup Pitcher features two teams that make up one of the state’s oldest rivalries. Cairo and Thomasville have been battling one another since 1922. The Bulldogs own a 38-23-6 advantage in the series. However, the Makers have only lost to the Bulldogs three times since 1990, winning the last six games.This…
Read MoreDrive-thru flu shot clinic is Tuesday
The local health department is making it really easy for folks to get the flu shot with next week’s planned drive-thru flu shot clinic at the campus of Cairo’s Northside Elementary School.The clinic is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 15, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The school’s address is 985 First St., N.W., and is located…
Read MoreNo elections in Whigham or Cairo
Qualifying ended Friday and the results in both Cairo and Whigham were the same. Cairo City Clerk Carolyn Lee reported late Friday that only incumbents qualified for re-election including Mayor Richard VanLandingham and Councilmen James H. (Jimmy) Douglas and Ernest Cloud Jr. Since no other candidates qualified the incumbents qualifying was tantamount to election. The…
Read MoreFlu shots now available
The youngest students in Grady County have been hardest hit by the H1N1 flu virus in recent days with schools reporting a high level of absentees. School system leaders are communicating daily with health officials to keep them abreast of just how many youngsters are affected here, and are following their advice in the schools…
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